Beware! The Blob

1972

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Synopsis

A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.

A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by googlemorf9 / 10

sick, creepy, comedy-horror!

If I had not seen BEWARE!THE BLOB as an impressionable youth, maybe I could
look at it as a cheezy, poorly acted, uneven special effects, campy movie.
But there is something sinister going on in this flick, and untill I read a
mini revue in CULT MAGAZINE I thought maybe I was just being
sensitive.
A follow-up to the famous original about a man eating jello from outer
space, most critics said something to the effect that BEWARE! THE BLOB
doesn't know if it wants to be a horror movie or a comedy, so it fails at
both, but I don't agree with that sum-up. I think Larry Hagman (and, or the
writers)did something unlike anything done before. In a Horror-comedy, the
humor is there to relieve the horror. HERE they got it backwards! We see
characters doing goofy sit-com type things, and then they get eaten by the
blob! I find the mix of styles very disturbing. This movie gave me
nightmares as a kid, and I still can't shake it off!
I think Hagman also had a lot of contempt at the time he made this flick.
The characters are usually stupid and brain dead to their surroundings,
making them easy prey (they are all self-absorbed before being
blob-absorbed!). I find the bowling ally attack to be very effective despite
the uneven special effects.
I know some of you may think I'm taking this silly movie way to seriously
and, okay, maybe I am.. But now when you go to a bowling ally, or to the
barbers, or sit back in your easy chair just like Godfry Cambridge did, you
may just think twice.. BEWARE!

Reviewed by roddmatsui9 / 10

Wonderfully wacky 70's fun.

Roger Corman once mentioned in an interview something to the effect
that when he looked in on the filming of a comedy, he knew everything
was all right if the cast and crew were joking and laughing and having
a good time. In his experience, that energy would translate to the
screen and the picture would be funny and enjoyable.Although Corman did not produce this particular picture, "Beware! The
Blob" looks to me to be exemplary of this kind of thinking. The cast
was obviously enjoying the experience of making the film, and we, the
audience, get the benefit. A certain sense of giddy frivolity is
evident.This movie was made by Jack Harris and Larry Hagman in the 70's--the
early 70's. And by golly, it shows. Many people hate this film, and
part of me wants to shout, "C'mon, guys, this is great stuff! You're
watching it the wrong way!" But really, this film isn't for everyone.
Not everyone likes grape jelly. Or strawberry jam. And that's...okay.I would say this sequel to the (excellent) "The Blob" is played
half-seriously, and that's why I find it so strange and refreshing.
Sometimes it's a raucous farce. Sometimes it's straight horror. And
oddly enough for a 70's film, it seems to know when it is being one or
the other, and keeps true to whatever it is at that moment. It's not
nearly as badly made as many of its detractors claim.Watch it for the pea soup-thick 70's atmosphere. You'll feel as if
you've entered another world. Watch it for the inventive low-budget
special effects. A few shots look pretty nice even today. Watch it for
the scene with the bald would-be victim guy in the bathtub, who throws
the phone through the window when he sees the gelatinous menace oozing
under his bathroom door, and who is then seen running starkers through
the streets, shouting, while funny music plays. "Beware! The Blob" is
extremely goofy, exciting, brightly-colored fun stuff. It is extremely
representative of the era in which it was made.Trust me: There is NO movie that entertains the way this one does. See
it and treat yourself to a fun bit of film!